News of the weird

(thread title from bizarre states podcast maybe? if not that's def a podcast that people into weird news would like, they do a segment called "news of the weird" or "weird of the week" or whatever)

 

I was thinking of the newspaper column. According to the internet, it's been running since 1988.

 

I present to you five challengers to my title of "very ineffective hitman": Hitman hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who tells police

By their powers combined, they are just terrible at this.

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/11...rogramme-as-eagle-racks-up-skyhigh-phone-bill

Scientists having to crowdfund a steppe eagle's phone bill because it flew to Iran and racked up roaming charges.

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This isn't about a current story but it's still interesting. There's mentions of animal death, child abuse, and sexual assault.
https://medium.com/@jeffmaysh/hyste...ami-aerospace-academy-jeff-maysh-5a31b4770f29